Seattle: Racial suit against cops malicious, jury finds.A civil-rights lawsuit has backfired on two former Burien residents who alleged that King County sheriff's deputies illegally detained them and racially insulted one of them during a traffic stop almost four years ago.

Tennessee: ("Troopergate")State officials have removed documents from the personnel file of a state trooper who was hired, despite multiple criminal charges on his record, on the recommendation of a member of Congress.

Mike Williams is the Assistant Chief of the Chattanooga TN police department and a 33 year law enforcement veteran. He was a SWAT officer for more than 25 years and teaches Tactical Team Commanders Courses for Team One Network www.teamonenetwork.com Asst. Chief Williams is a member of the IALEFI Board of Directors (www.ialefi.com ) and is chairman of the editorial committee. He also produces the daily Police Related News electronic newsletter which goes out to over 2,000 police officers in the US, Canada, Australia and South Africa on a daily basis and the weekly IALEFI newsletter.